He’s been on follow-up for over two years, and at just 10yrs old, the disease has made him grow up too soon. While other kids think about school and play, he listens closely to his body.
Counting heartbeats, noticing shortness of breath, feeling chest pain.
Children like Abeselom aren’t just fighting an illness. they’re being quietly robbed of their innocence and childhood. But thanks to the generous support of our donors at Healing Valves Ethiopia, The Ethiopian diaspora community in St. Louis, USA, Abeselom has undergone a life-saving heart surgery led by Fekede Agwar and his team that lasted over four hours, becoming Healing Valves Ethiopia 37th patient.
